Just to say that the amazon.it Rotary stock, I suspect, comes from the UK anyway? Here's what I said on another thread:

Rotary make good, dependable, well-made watches for the budget-ish end of the market (if you read Watchuseek). When I was much younger they were mostly Swiss Made watches and more mid-range, but that's changed from the late 1990s onward (if I have my years correct?). They still do Swiss Made watches, but they're more expensive.

I don't think even the watch snobs would turn their noses up at these prices as they look good for the money and are reliable (in fact I looked to see if anyone had mentioned the amazon.it offers on Watchuseek's Affordable Watches forum sub-section - surprised nobody did).

Pretty sure the Dolphin Standard models cost a few quid more, as well (as most of these Amazon watches on offer are). Edit: I could be wrong about that, as the Ernest Jones site says: "Rotary watches feature a unique 'Dolphin Standard' across their entire range of watches."

Lots of discussion about Rotary here: http://forums.watchuseek.com/f2/rotary-watch-good-brand-446612.html

Just to clarify my agonizingly simple point, the RRP is make-believe, therefore a price of £40 is more standard, rather than being an amazing deal and an amazing saving on an expensive watch.

No rotary is worth over 100...

Mine arrived today, very pleased! especially for £40!

Bit of a bargain for these watches imho :smiley:

I did well, but ultimately couldn't resist and purchased two more.:smile:


€20.32 (£17.15)

&


€19.19 (£16.20)

Admittedly one is for the father in law but it would have been rude to buy only one when the P&P was the same.

Coming as £175

You may double that if you spend too much time on here.
In fact, I've spent so much time on HUKD, I've spent so much on *time* (as in watches).

That rose gold one in the pictures above is down to around €19.66 (£16.57) + shipping on Amazon IT, but I must resist! :smiley:

I think someone is messing with the decimal point in Amazon's Italian website administration department. The fluctuation in prices is unbelievable!

I have that many now, I need a nice watch box to keep them in.

I ended up buying a cheap 'temporary' one from Amazon UK for a £9.99, which for the price seems to get great reviews (mostly 5 star), but ultimately want a nice genuine 'real' leather one, like 'Dulwich London 12 Watch Box' which are around £80

I cant complain i own six watches.

Price £175 since last few hours, am I missing something

5 in the past two weeks. I like watches, what can I say.

They are disposable at these prices though, don't you think? Don't have to worry about losing them or getting damaged.

Correct! :smile:

5 Rotary watches in the last two weeks!:confused:

I also don't think Amazon would be daft enough to knowingly supply fakeroos!

'Computer Generated Image' as opposed to a proper photograph.

cgi ?

Here's the images for comparison:

Rotary website Image:

Amazon IT Image


My Watch

Mine not totally identical in that it is silver case with black leather strap.

Looking at the Rotary and Amazon images side by side, the image form the Rotary website looks like CGI to me.

sorry did not mean to be rude

should have gone to specsavers significant differences between them

I have a feeling these watches are fake. Compare the pictures in the two links below, you can see slight differences in the face photos... €20 vs £275 yep lol

https://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/d/B01L6ZYTUO/ref=cts_wa_4_vtp?ie=UTF8&pi=SL110&dpPl=1&dpID=51EdPbr-t9L

http://www.rotarywatches.com/en/the-rotary-collection/timepieces-watches/gs00349-06

I'm pretty sure you don't as you can choose to pay in EUR or GBP? I'll log in to my bank and check...

Edit: This is a recent one from amazon.de:

Order Summary
Item(s) Subtotal:
EUR 29,10
Postage & Packing:
EUR 5,59
Total Before VAT:
EUR 34,69
VAT:
EUR 6,93
Total:
Grand Total:
EUR 41,62
Payment Grand Total:
GBP 37.35 **

My bank statement says "AMAZON.DE PAYMENTS 37.35"

It's not a CC, it's a debit card.

Didn't know that! i thought paying in UKP on a Euro Amazon site incurred some form of conversion charge.

Oh well, you learn summat every day eh?:smile:

Strangely though, when I checkout using my Halifax Clarity card, the price is cheaper.

To test I placed a €20.03 item in my basket and went through to checkout.

With my Halifax Clarity, there is no option to change to UKP, so the total (inc shipping) was €25.34

I then switched to my Visa Debit and the Euro price was the same @ €25.34 as you'd imagine, but when I changed to UKP the total was £22.14.

Using XE (currency exchange app @ 1.1886), that made the price €26.31

Current Amazon Exchange Rate @: €1 = £0.8735
Halifax Clarity Exchange (26-04) @: €1 = £0.8496

I know these fluctuate, but not by that much surely?

Do you know if or how much tax I would pay?

Does anyone have to link to the gold Skelton watch on Amazon Italy or France? Cheers

How many watches did you buy in the past month ?

If you choose to "Pay in GBP" you don't get a currency conversion charge (depends what kind of card you have).

I wish I hadn't checked HUKD today.!:neutral_face:
Just bought another two goddamn watches from Amazon IT
Rotary GB00350/04 (posted by the OP) @ £19.56
Rotary LS00358/06 (for the better half) @ £15.70

No more bleeding watches!

I didn't!

Not sure if you can through the Amazon website TBH.

If you need to translate the page, I think Chrome browser can do it.

But you can just open the UK and Italian Amazon websites in separate tabs and everything is set out the same as far as I can tell.

Just click the corresponding buttons, links etc on the Italian website.

Final prices may be slightly different due currency exchanges if not using Halifax Clarity card or such like.

Just log into the Amazon Italy and all your addresses and saved cards will show as they do on the Amazon UK

The link is where Riperoo has highlighted "Amazon IT" in his quote, in blue - in Post #24, not the quote you posted.


https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01L6ZYX0A

amazon.it doesn't seem to have a "change to English" tab like amazon.de but you could run it through Google Translate if you're stuck? I know all about the watch and I know the Amazon website layout well, all I needed to know was how much it was gonna cost me :stuck_out_tongue:

The run-down for mine was (in English):
Subtotal:
EUR 14.33
Shipping cost:
EUR 4.70
Total VAT excluded:
EUR 19.03
VAT:
EUR 3.81
Total:
Total:
EUR 22.84
Total payment:
GBP 19.95 **

how do you change the language to english on amazon italy?

have you the link to the lower watch please thanks

How come these are going so cheap

Wow! Oooh tempted now!!

Price seems to fluctuate a little there too - now 17,48 EUR but I got it for 17,20 EUR - came to £19.95 in total with P&P.

Even more of a bargain on Amazon IT There will be a little postage to add on, but still way cheaper @ €17.49 (approx £14.70):confused:

This ladies' one, in case you haven't seen it already, is well worth it too. (Seems to have a Dolphin Standard mark on the back, too) http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/rotary-women-s-quartz-watch-with-silver-dial-analogue-display-32-25-amazon-2678466

Currently £32.08 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01L6ZYX0A

Time to get the DeLorean out of the garage!

I got that very same watch from Amazon Italy for the princely sum of...............wait for it..................€17.44 (£14.63)!:confused: Its actually a little cheaper today @ €17.37


I also ordered the watch below for €35.18 (£29.60), which is currently £210 on Amazon UK :confused:


Which is a wind up! No, seriously, there was a sticker on the face that informs you to wind it up before use.

Including postage, both watches came in at €58.40 (£49.62)

Placed the order @ 23:43 on April 26th and they both arrived yesterday (April 29th), so that was super quick if they did actually come from Italy and not from a UK warehouse.

I must say they are both really nice watches and for that kind of money, you realy can't go wrong.

In fact, that's three 'Rotary' watches I've bout in a fortnight thanks to HUKD.:confused:

15 pounds further off using part payment with AMEX points!

bought - but is it really that much of a discount? i can't find it for sale elsewhere

€ 98,300 Euros

Picked this up for £34 . Well happy

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01L6ZYTS6/?tag=ho01f-21

I bit at £39.45. Nice wee gift for the auld man. Nice spot, OP.

Started off at £41.45 now down to £39.45? What's going on....

£39.46 - bought. Cheers OP!

Ordered, thanks! +heat

Heat from me! Ordered! Cheers OP

Another penny off. £39.55. Would love to know how Amazon's automated pricing system works. This is a very good price. Now... how much lower will it drop before jumping back up by loads?

£39.56 tempted!

39.60

£39.61 lol

And now £39.64..... :laughing: Dropping further....

Price keeps dropping! £39.69 now.Anyone here got one?

Heat, thanks

£39.97 now! Looks a bargain to me.

Now £155 :confused:

Been quite a few Rotarys on Amazon recently - this one http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/rotary-men-s-quartz-watch-29-64-via-amazon-2677398 went down and down (eventually in 1p increments)...maybe this Chronograph is doing the same as it's at £40.05 currently!

This or a Vacheron Constantin?